MoCo Government

The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing on the Bethesda Downtown Plan Minor Master Plan Amendment on February 26. Earlier that day, the Education and Culture Committee will review a $17 million supplemental appropriation for special education at MCPS and receive an update on interventions for highly impacted student groups. Full agenda below courtesy Montgomery County Government: (more…)


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Crime

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a 38-state bipartisan coalition urging Congress to take action against organized retail crime, which has led to over $121 billion in financial losses and increased violence against retail workers. (more…)


Maryland

Bill MD SB613 was introduced on January 28th by Senator Jeff Waldstreicher (D–Montgomery County, District 18) and Senator Michael Jackson (D-Prince George’s County, District 27) to establish a pilot program that permits the use of video cameras in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County to enforce specific prohibitions related to the use of mobile devices while operating a vehicle.

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Beyond MoCo

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport seized 257 pounds of dried opium poppy pods between February 12 and February 21, 2025, from 81 shipments originating in Madrid, Spain. The controlled substances, often used to make narcotic “poppy tea,” were mislabeled as decorative items and destined for multiple addresses across the U.S., with CBP officers seizing them for destruction as part of ongoing efforts to prevent illicit drug imports. (more…)


Beyond MoCo

Nearly 20 years after the last CHI-CHI’S restaurant closed, the beloved Mexican chain is set to make a comeback. In December, it was announced that Michael McDermott, son of CHI-CHI’S founder, had secured the rights to use the CHI-CHI’S name on physical restaurant locations through an agreement with Hormel Foods, which owns the brand’s trademarks.

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Beyond MoCo

With March 7 being Employee Appreciation Day and Americans working an average of 1,799 hours per year, much more than people in many other industrialized countries, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2025’s Hardest-Working Cities in America, with Washington DC coming in ranked 2nd in the country.

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